'Legal right'

"We need to focus on the best interests of the children and ensuring that school standards continue to rise and at the end of the day all of this is taking away that focus.

"We have come to a point where enough is enough and we need to take further action."

What we now have is a governing body at Uplands Junior School which has declared war on the teaching staffPeter Flack, National Union of Teachers

The council said the final decision on the action was down to the Secretary of State for Education but admitted it had no confidence in the current governors.

Peter Flack, assistant secretary of the National Union of Teachers in Leicester, also believed the school had gone too far. He said: "It says to me that the extension of powers of governors through academies is a very risky process.

"Because what you are doing is giving to people who may have their own agenda completely, complete power over what happens.

"What we now have is a governing body at Uplands Junior School which has declared war on the teaching staff, which is madness."

In a statement the chair of the governing body, Abid Matak, said: "The governing body are unsure as to why the neutral act of suspension following a recommendation, can be grounds for a warning notice to be issued.

"The local authority agree that the governing body have the legal right to take such action, therefore referring to evidence "not shared" is misleading as it suggests the GB [governing body] is acting outside of its remit."